One Network Area in East Africa

Communications networks underpin regional and global trade. This is particularly true in East Africa where mobile phones are plentiful but postal services are virtually non-existent and crossborder road and railway links are subject to the vagaries of adverse environmental conditions. The countrie...

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Main Authors:	Kelly, Tim, Kemei, Christopher
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	telecommunications cross-border communications regional trade regional communications network regional integration
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23651

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spelling	okr-10986-236512021-05-25T09:01:30Z One Network Area in East Africa Kelly, Tim Kemei, Christopher telecommunications cross-border communications regional trade regional communications network regional integration Communications networks underpin regional and global trade. This is particularly true in East Africa where mobile phones are plentiful but postal services are virtually non-existent and crossborder road and railway links are subject to the vagaries of adverse environmental conditions. The countries of the East African Community (EAC) made a joint commitment in 2014 to create one network area (ONA) for the five economies of the EAC (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda), with the benefits also being extended to South Sudan. Specifically, for cross-border traffic originating in those countries, rates have been capped, mobile roaming charges eliminated and SIIT abolished. 2016-01-14T17:37:29Z 2016-01-14T17:37:29Z 2016-01 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23651 en_US WDR 2016 Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Africa South Sudan
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description	Communications networks underpin regional and global trade. This is particularly true in East Africa where mobile phones are plentiful but postal services are virtually non-existent and crossborder road and railway links are subject to the vagaries of adverse environmental conditions. The countries of the East African Community (EAC) made a joint commitment in 2014 to create one network area (ONA) for the five economies of the EAC (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda), with the benefits also being extended to South Sudan. Specifically, for cross-border traffic originating in those countries, rates have been capped, mobile roaming charges eliminated and SIIT abolished.
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author	Kelly, Tim Kemei, Christopher
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title	One Network Area in East Africa
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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One Network Area in East Africa

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